To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

People gazing up at the night sky this March will have the opportunity to see the Moon change color during a special eclipse ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Astronomers at NASA have caught a glimpse of a star system whipping through space at an unprecedented speed. While the system ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...